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Alumni 27 Sep 2017

Annenberg Alumna Jenny Stromer-Galley (Ph.D. ‘02) Studies Political Communication and Develops Apps for Intelligence Analysts

Stromer-Galley has been studying campaign messaging since she encountered Bob Dole’s website in 1996.

Faculty News 10 Jul 2017

Pickard and Yang Edit New Book, Media Activism in the Digital Age

The book includes case studies of feminist, technological, and political interventions.

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Research 12 Jun 2017

Refuting Groupthink, Network Dynamics Group Research Proves That Wisdom of Crowds Can Prevail

Real-world implications include climate-change science, financial forecasting, medical decision-making, and organizational design.

Technology & Society

Alumni 6 Jun 2017

Digital Media: Transformations in Human Communication, Second Edition Edited by Paul Messaris and Lee Humphreys (Ph.D. ‘07)

The book boasts a wide range of scholars as contributors, including 11 with Annenberg connections.

Technology & Society

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Graduate Student News 31 May 2017

Doctoral Student Elisabetta Ferrari Studies Activism and Technology

Ferrari researches how social movements use digital technologies, and how activists think about technology personally and politically.

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Faculty News 13 May 2017

Intervening in Gang Violence

Columbia's interdisciplinary research team is using language processing and qualitative analysis of social media posts to develop a mechanism to identify and intervene in gang violence.

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Research 2 May 2017

Study Finds Linkage Between Social Network Structure and Brain Activity

People who are surrounded by different types of social networks use their brains differently.

Technology & Society

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Faculty News 12 Apr 2017

Austin Lecture 2017: Social Workers Need to Understand Impact of Cyber-interaction on Adolescents

The future of social work embraces technology and uses it as a tool to better engage with and understand young clients.

Graduate Student News 24 Mar 2017

Forbush Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Forbush will receive three years of funding to conduct individual research.

Technology & Society

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Research 27 Feb 2017

How Your Brain Makes Articles Go Viral

Why do some articles spread and others don’t? How does your brain decide what to read and share?

Technology & Society

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